Those of you in the Southwest might be interested in this
call for papers for the Southwest Popular Culture Association
conference, annually held in Santa Fe. It's a very pleasant
conference, in a nice location. I notice that Bill Crider is
one of the authors listed as a possible subject for
study.
Bill Hagen
billha@ionet.net
---------------------- Subject: CFP: Mystery and Detective
Fiction
Call for Papers
Mystery and Detective Fiction SW/TX PCA Convention
Albuquerque, NM-- Oldtown Sheraton March 7-10, 2001
The Southwest has birthed many fine writers of detective
fiction, authors who use the setting, culture, history, and
general ambience of the area to craft police procedurals,
cozies, series detective, suspense, thriller and other hybrid
forms. Rudolfo Anaya, Mike McGarrity, William Sanders, Bill
Crider, Tony Hillerman, and D.R. Meredith spring quickly to
mind for having created memorable characters operating in the
distinctive setting of the SW. The Mystery and Detective
Fiction Section invites papers on all aspects of=20 southwest
detective fiction for this convention. That said, I=A2d
especially like to offer a session on early mystery fiction
of the area, focusing on writers who wrote in the early party
of the 20th century and whose perspectives offer us useful
loci for discussion: Jim Thompson and Todd Downing are
Oklahoma examples of 0s writers, but others are waiting to be
explored. Another interesting session might be an exploration
of how mystery fiction fits within the larger context of
western or southwestern fiction. For example, do gender/
landscape connections play similar roles in detective fiction
as in other western fiction? Because the SW is home to a rich
mix of ethnicities, I also especially invite papers on
mysteries by or concerning native Americans, Asian
Americans,African-Americans, Hispanics, Chicano/as, or
Latino/as. =20
All panelists must be members of the Popular Culture
Association and register for the convention. For general
information about the conference, includin= g=20 the spectrum
of Subject Areas, please visit the SWPCA website: =20 http://www2.okstate.edu/swpca
Send 200 word abstracts by Dec. 1, 2000 to Trisha Yarbrough
Department of English East Central University Ada, OK 74820
580-310-5454/510-436-3329 (fax)
tyarbrgh@mailclerk.ecok.edu
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